barack obama to stay in the white house for. the incumbent u.s. president defeats challenger mitt romney to win the u.s. election. with the u.s. having made its choice so we look at how the word might affect america's ties with the rest of the world will be assessing the reaction live with our correspondents in london the middle east and moscow. and another news that today are turning up the heat travel set up with those charity in athens event of their anger ahead of a crucial vote in parliament that could see the already savage cuts only getting more brutal.

you're watching lardy a live from moscow good to have you with us top story barack obama has vowed to move america forward in a victory speech to cheering supporters after winning the u.s. election to stay in office for a second term. america's incumbent leader has come from the council to be paucity seventy electoral votes threshold in what had been a hard fought campaign republican challenger mitt romney conceded defeat after losing in a number of key battleground states is gonna teach again has been following the developments in washington. well mitt romney has accepted his loss president obama is reelected it got his supporters very excited of course but this year one could

sense that overwhelming euphoria that was there four years ago when president obama was running for his first term was not quite there anymore is that that his supporters are not excited or we saw that at the democratic rally in the president's home city of chicago but with the rest of the country feels more like. relief rather than you for year there has been quite a bit of disappointment over the last four years the economy is not recovering as fast as people would want it to the obama campaign's argument is that he inherited such a disaster in terms of the economy that the process couldn't possibly go faster but again a lot of it has to do with very high expectations for the president when he took office just a few months ago the president's job approval rating was barely above forty percent is that for now of course the argument is that a lot of people voted for the president because they were simply scared of mitt romney's aggressive rhetoric and they saw him as someone who's out of touch with

the middle class the obama campaign has been successfully making that argument as well as the argument that mitt romney would be like the second coming of george w. bush with more wars on america's plate and possibly another disastrous economic meltdown more on the celebration and the expectations of the obama voters here's my report. and the winner is i want to say here you have emerged here who participated in this is why. you made your voice heard and you made a difference mitt romney has accepted his loss yesterday president obama to congratulate him on his victory full on excitement in the president's hometown of chicago. president obama's voters chanting four more years. of the what do they expect in the next four years and are they so happy with the

past four of his presidency congress hasn't been very cooperative the past two years but i think he needs these four more years to continue i'm very happy with what he's tried to achieve i really need to help the help of the health care that he's going to offer and like he said we need more time than the last four years the main pledge of president. bomber's campaign has been to bring back the shrinking middle class and made the economy slow recovery and gigantic deficit at a time when the gap between the rich and the poor is as high as ever in america i want to give middle class families and folks who are striving to get in the middle class some relief because they have been hit hard the president has blamed congress for his inability to implement a more robust plan to help out the middle class president obama's claim that he's being handcuffed by republican lawmakers in his plan to dramatically cut taxes for middle income americans does not hold the vast majority of americans and our entire economy hostage while we debate the merits of another tax cut for the wealthy and

skeptics argue there is no reason to believe congress will give the president an easier ride in his second term however president obama had no problem with congress when he signed into law the controversial legislation which allows for the detention of american citizens for indefinite periods of time without charge and due process and incredible the trail of our civil liberties that the president has assumed a dictatorial rights to put us in prison at his pleasure without charge or without trial and congress did not stand in the president's way when he was increasing military spending year after year something you almost bragged about during the debate on foreign policy our military spending has gone up every single year that i've been in office. the actions of the administration overseas in the last four years have indicated that the president disquieting favor of military interventions but is the clear strategy is to stay away from fighting ground wars

and to opt for more hit and run style interventions like the one executed in libya . as well syria they've missed ration indicated that they would like to intervene more actively but for now syria just seems too complicated and washington cannot count. in a desirable outcome for us to get more entanglement militarily in syria is a serious step and we have to do so making absolutely certain that we know who we are helping that we're not putting arms in the hands of folks who eventually could turn them against us or our allies in the region having spent around a billion dollars in this election campaign barack obama is america's commander in chief again president obama will be sworn into office in january something his supporters are very excited about their hopes and expectations include jobs no more devastating wars and no more financial meltdowns there was a good number of people who voted for barack obama because they were voting against

mitt romney seeing him as more aggressive especially when it comes to foreign policy and seemingly out of touch with middle class america and a lot of people didn't see a choice at all in the selection in washington i'm going to check on. richard spencer founder and coeditor of alternative right dot com says time voting results reflected deep divisions within the united states. in america demographics are is destiny and i think in some ways what this election represented was a demographic model or demographic snapshot of what this nation is it's a nation that divided in many ways between on rural white people in the red states . and deep blue states non-whites. leave rule and of all her income whites there seems to be a very very stark divide demographics aside that if you look at the ruling order in

the united states there seems to be a great deal of stability was broke obama kind of painted himself as his kind of left wing in a way changed let's shake everything up at the end of the day he bailed out of anger as he bailed out well story he wound down some stupid wars like the iraq war of. a smaller but equally stupid wars and libya and elsewhere so i think essentially they're saying sadly there's really a great deal of stability between these two parties and the sooner they are going to wake up to that the better in my opinion. well obama to remain in the white house the question now is how washington will develop its relations with the rest of the world let's talk about this with allergies of laura smith a live in london and you got a piece going up in moscow for us also with laura laura so what's been the reaction like in the e.u. since the real action of president obama. well it's quite early on in europe at the moment. was was seen as really to kind of the world wanted to win even if

american citizens and there have been some congratulations david cameron has tweeted his congratulations as. the head of the european commission and as far as how it will affect relations going full which are really two main areas in which who's in charge in america really affects the u.k. and countries in europe and foreign policy of course and crucially the economy now foreign policy as we've already heard from guy and they seem to be a source of. the battle really between a bomb of the us is romney and. over foreign policy it was really a question of diplomacy or a sort of rest of reticence to step into these international conflicts. this will the military intervention that we seem to see represented by by mitt romney. is

more keen on diplomacy and david cameron and the rest of europe will see that as a good thing of course they are huge military allies typically wherever the u.s. has stepped in militarily and countries have also committed troops particularly the u.k. bomber seems committed to pulling out of afghanistan he seems at least for now committed to diplomacy with iran he held back from going into syria and europe is very unwilling to commit any more troops abroad so the reaction there will be quite good versions of course mitt romney who said in one of his. they say he saw russia as as the us this main political threat. to me slightly more worrying i'd say in the immediate. the economy in america has a huge effect everywhere in europe and although the u.s. appears at the moment to be in very slow recovery many say about the hasn't done enough to sort out the economic crisis and of course as long as the u.s. europe suffers as well they have been small decreases in unemployment and small

increases in the size of the public private sector sorry but the crucial point is going to come at the end of the year when obama has to get a budget deal through congress if he doesn't do that then there's a fear that the u.s. will slip into another recession and that will hugely affect the rest of europe and europe is not going to take that sitting down that's already been a sort of war of words between the u.s. and european countries a bomb seemed to be meddling earlier this year in the economic affairs of european countries and particularly germany and france old of why it is not good they said to the u.s. to mind your own deficit and your own debt. from the flames the u.s. how intricate the economic crisis pretty economy could be a thing which is which really comes into play in the next couple of months if obama can't get that budget deal through congress largely on his plate in the next coming weeks for sure do you years or are there is a feeling that obama is more diplomatic than romney might have been when it comes

to relations with russia so what obama the victor how do feature moscow washington ties look. well on one hand many of you obama is the engine behind you the reset of relations with moscow on the biggest achievement is that is the new nuclear arms reduction treaty but on the other some of the key stumbling blocks in the relationship are still there including washington's plans for the anti missile defense system in europe disappoints moscow's concerns that it could be a threat to russia's national security and you know that obama promised to be. more flexible on that will see how it works out and also of course russia and the u.s. are probably the most fierce opponents at the u.n. security council when it comes to syria but surely there are lots of things to work on together which could really tilt this relationship in either direction including how to deal with things like the conflict in syria or the iranian nuclear program. parties correspondents the lower smith in london and you've got

a piece going off in moscow. but some experts already say that for the rest of the world in terms of washington's foreign policy it wouldn't have made much of difference who want to be very little difference between a republican or a democrat yeah as we can see from president obama's policy of covertly funding syrian rebels and do you know about assassinations in tehran on tehran streets of academics we don't know and what we do know is american democracy works with the hand of a massive elite force money what is obama promising except this kind of vague idea of constructive engagement while all the time supporting. terrorists we know president obama has been actively courting along with his secretary of state we. in the rebellion in syria and of course supporting also developments in libya so how

so many of you will be hoodwinked into thinking that president obama or president romney would be different when it came to foreign policy i don't know where they get that from. an update on the latest results of these are the preliminary figures the barack obama has three hundred three electoral college votes and mitt romney currently stands at two hundred and six we'll keep you updated on the latest figures as they come in. run stay with our chief for election coverage will be bringing you the latest results expert analysis and international reaction with our correspondents on standby across the globe or news from on t.v. after the shot break. the six america votes for its next president. take the wheel drive into the future. and use the mainstream is

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spot the suspect who was arrested and is now being questioned the authorities say more details will be revealed later. thousands of greeks have monza through athens in the latest show of anger against tough austerity being forced upon them the government is to vote on a new package of pension cuts and tax hikes later in the day that says life in the country is again put on hold amid a general strike archies peed all over is in the greek capital. midway through the forty eight hour general strike here in greece the greek people have been making their anger towards the next round of austerity measures clear they were out in their thousands here on syntagma square on tuesday and they're going to be back later on wednesday they're upset at what they say are unfair measure is this going to be imposed upon them should prime minister some modest this latest round he says the last round of austerity measures he voted for and be okayed in the parliament

building just behind me later on whedon's they and right here where i'm standing on syntagma square is where thousands of demonstrators are expected to gather in order to show their displeasure for what is expected to be thirteen point five billion euros worth of cuts and savings forced upon them now the reason that that thirteen point five billion will be voted for is because it's being demanded of by greece's three main creditors and the reason that they're demanding of it is because the creditors the troika as they're called have said that if greece doesn't cut massively then they don't get the next round of bailout money and the question remains that has to be asked if this is voted for will there be enough political support in greece in order to enact these cuts. prime minister antonis samaras has promised the greek people that this will be the final round of belt tightening however when a judge is

a terrorist lecturer at the university of the age on things there's more pain a hades. every a sturdy package in the past two and a half years was supposed to be the last one so no it's won't be the last. we're going to see more of it. really does been happening carla mentioned is something very close to a parliamentary could. you know the rapid way you can just one day two days of discussion you're going to pass i should say that there's not only includes budget cuts all changes in the pension system and the wage system or large segments of the public sector it would also affect aspects. of taxation so this is this is it's not really no way we will meet with this plan from democratic procedure this is a set of measures that have been actually dictated by the troika this just going to be passed repugnant without any actual suggestion. and much more news all vailable

at r.t. dot com including a warm shelter from overseas we've got the story of how a super storm sandy has driven one russian nuclear submarine right to a u.s. flat. in saber rattling and haas rhetoric from the north korean u.n. ambassador saying his country is on the brink of war with the father and made them . israel has announced plans to build more than a thousand new homes on palestinian land in the west bank the international community has already denounced the move saying it hampers peace efforts in the region palestinians are now looking for support from the un as the territory in question is and mocked yet marked as being part of a future palestinian state but to jeff hall poll of the israeli comedy against housing demolitions believes the jewish state will still feel safe under the us some. it's true the international community opposes israeli policies but it won't

do anything to sanction israel and israel knows. and it goes that whether obama is elected or romney is elected its trump card is the american congress support that israel has from both political parties and it doesn't care anymore it will do this in the light of day israel has eliminated the two state solution as it's called it's completely imprisoning the palestinians and no one in the world is going to speak up against it so it doesn't matter really if it's opportunistic or not the point is that israel wins returning to our top story the us presidential results in whisper rock obama has won the preliminary results all the following barack obama has three hundred three legs we'll call them both and mitt romney current things and few of those things will keep you updated on the latest figures as they come in and join us just over half an hour as i left for coverage on t.v. . and coming up off the

break a breaking of the set with a remote and. if you're passing through rushes to very gently you really can walk on the wild side thousands of kilometers of unspoilt countryside make up an area where it's still possible to live off the land and enterprising locals so the fruits of the forest by the side of nearly every road. such spectacular scenery makes it a paradise for fisherman and provides a business opportunity for hunt is. going on he has been hunting for more than thirty years and works for a company providing expeditions for tourists this season ducks are on the menu. the two things are successful. at a bubble silence which means that i need to be very quiet i'm not going to frighten

the. office. but when you've been in the business as long as he has the birds don't stand much chance. there are defined hunting seasons in russia but lax enforcement means many animals are killed out of the allotted times which can leave young animals orphaned and unable to survive but environmentalists are fighting back the heart of just u.s. forest provides a sanctuary for the most famous beast in russia it's home to a group who rescue often bear cubs and raise them when they're old enough to fend for themselves the cubs a target taken to a remote location and released back into the wild but it's not just bears who find a haven here this is wolf island here wolf pups have been captured by hunters or bought from zoos have a second chance at life and conservationists have

a unique opportunity to observe them these walls are all around four months old and they'll stay in this area for up to three years then most will go back to the wild for good just viewing them from the car was an experience in itself but then after a bit of a bumpy ride came an opportunity i just couldn't pass up. and this is what i was hoping for when i heard i was coming to a place called wolf i had a chance to get close and personal with the locals and it's these guys are going to act as pasta parents for the next generation will come here. using the old awards as surrogate parents has already proved a successful technique. every year i place infant wolves with one year old wolf cubs whose parental instinct is totally shaped and they take them as their own cubs it's an important part of the world's development and a major factor in the success of a project which has seen more than twenty generations of cubs grow up here it's

going to continue to take time and money to rehabilitate the wolfs reputation in russia. but the keepers here hope their research and dedication will mean that we saw islands remains a place where visitors can truly understand the cool of the wilds. here is mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that we americans call a dollar a night concludes the longest and while this campaign in our history colors eleven well that. format it before that some of the rest. of the twists and turns that has been the hallmarks of this campaign like the one i think we're about

to do because you've never seen anything like this until. the one time guys i'm out here martin so if there's one thing i can say to sum up the last six months of nonstop election build up it's this the media the candidates corporatocracy i can't wait for this. to be over ok how about i got out of the way let's go over a few of the biggest issues that have barely gotten coverage in the corporate press during the madness drones otherwise known as death from above the swine killers have a ninety eight percent failure rate act as judge jury and executioner and are one of the leading causes of growing resentment toward the us because the corporate media chooses to ignore the expanding killing apparatus doesn't mean that it's not important issue but i guess why would they focus on drones when both candidates

feel the exact same way about them. it's why. we reported the drones are being used in drone strikes and i support that entirely and feel the president was right to the usage of that technology and believe that we should continue to use it to continue to go after the people who represent a threat to this nation and to our friends. and that's the extent that drones have been mentioned by the candidates and you know another thing that hasn't been given the correct gravity more than a couple token sentences afghanistan the longest war in u.s. history resulting in thousands of deaths of american soldiers and countless afghan civilians an epidemic of soldiers suicides and as of late a spree of insider killings by the same forces we're training again why is this not a central talking point this bloodbath has been an enormous failure in policy and no one is questioning the plan for u.s. troops to stay in afghanistan until twenty twenty four you know what issue drawers the rest the biggest lie of omission is the un.